We demonstrate how to reel silk off boiled cocoons, and etc.

[Demonstration of thread reeling with spinning wheel]

• Dates: May 5 (Monday, national holiday)
• Time: 13:00 ~ 14:00
• Fee: Admission fee to the museum only
• Free to participate on the day
• In cooperation with: Mingu-Seisaku-Gijutsu-Hozonkai (Society for Preserving Arts and Skills of Making Folk Tools)
• Place: 9. the Nohara House
*The Time may vary.


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[Experience of pulling out silk from cocoons] *Reservation Required

• Dates: May 5 (Monday, national holiday)
• Time: 13:00 ~, 13:40 ~
• Everyone can participate. However, children under 3rd grade must be accompanied by a guardian.
• Capacity: 10 participants for each time slot
• Fee: Admission fee to the museum only
• Admission: Reservation required. Please read the Japanese page for details.
• In cooperation with: Mingu-Seisaku-Gijutsu-Hozonkai (Society for Preserving Arts and Skills of Making Folk Tools)
• Place: 9. the Nohara House

In this workshop, you can craft a kabuto (a helmet worn by a samurai warrior), by folding a large piece of paper (78cm×78cm). The kabuto is actually wearable.
*The instruction during the workshop is in Japanese only.
*The kit for crafting a kabuto is also for sale at the workshop and our museum shop.

• Date: May 5 (Monday, national holiday)
• Time: (1)10:00~, (2)11:00~, (3)13:00~, (4)14:00~, (5)15:00~ *About 50 minutes for each
• Everyone can participate. However, children under 3rd grade must be accompanied by a guardian.
• Capacity: 10 participants for each time slot
• Fee: 600 Yen (Pay by cash at the workshop) *Admission fee to our museum required in addition)
• Admission: Numbered tickets are handed out on the day (9:30~) at the venue
• Place: 11. The Sakuda House

You can try on traditional folk wears such as straw coat, boots, sandals, and experience carrying straw rice bags with a pole.

• Dates: May 3 (Saturday, national holiday) ~ May 5 (Sunday, national holiday)
  
• Time: 11:00 ~ 12:00, 13:00~ 15:00 * in smaller scale if it rains
• Fee: admission fee only
• In cooperation with: Mingu-Seisaku-Gijutsu-Hozonkai (Society for Preserving Arts and Skills of Making Folk Tools)
• Place: 11. the Sakuda House

Bamboo works are on exhibit and on sale. Woven works are on sale. They are made by Mingi-kai, which can be used in everyday life. * at smaller scale if it rains.

• Date: May 3 (Saturday and national holiday) ~ May 5 (Monday and national holiday)
• Time: 10:00 ~ 14:30
  
• In cooperation with: Mingi-kai (Mingu-Seisaku-Gijutsu-Hozonkai)
• Place:
  Bamboo works at 13. the Hirose House
  Woven works at 1. the Suzuki House
  

We prepared various events for children, which can also be enjoyed with family or friends, such as traditional games, crafting workshops, folk story telling and etc..
*Please be noted that the time for each event varies.
*Please refrain from sketching using chairs or easels, or taking photographs using tripods, as it is expected to be crowded.

• Dates: May 3 (Saturday, national holiday) ~ May 6 (Tuesday, national holiday), 2025 * in smaller scale if it rains
• Date and Time: The date and time for each event are as below.

Café in the folk house is open this spring for a limited period!
Japanese black tea, baked sweets, and daily specials are served.
Please drop in during your visit to Minkaen, and have a relaxing time here, in the tatami room of the Hara house which has a history of 100 years. *Some food can be taken away.

• Opening Date:
  April: 5 (Sat), 6 (Sun), 12 (Sat), 13 (Sun), 19 (Sat), 20 (Sun), 26 (Sat), 27 (Sun), 29 (Feb, national holiday)
  May: 3 (Sat, national holiday), 4 (Sun, national holiday), 5 (Mon, national holiday), 6 (Feb, national holiday), 10 (Sat), 11 (Sun), 17 (Sat), 18 (Sun), 24 (Sat), 25 (Sun), 31 (Sat)
  June: 1 (Sun), 7 (Sat), 8 (Sun), 14 (Sat), 15 (Sun), 21 (Sat), 22 (Sun), 28 (Sat), 29 (Sun)
  *There might be temporary closure.
• Opening Hour: 11:00 ~ 16:00 (last order 15:30) *closed when sold out.
• Fee: Admission fee for Minkaen is required.
• Place: The Tatami room on the 1st floor of 0. The Hara House
The cafe in the Hara house

We display decorations for May, including warrior's helmet, wishing for the robust growth of boys.

• Date: April 3 (Thursday) ~ May 13 (Tuesday), 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
• Fee: the Admission Fee Only
• Place: 0. The Hara House

We exhibit indigo-dyed works with patterns in connection with Tango no Sekku (the Boys' Festival), koinobori (carp-shaped streamer) and etc.

• Date: March 12 (Wednesday) ~ May 6 (Tuesday, national holiday), 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
• Fee: Free (inside Dento Kogeikan only)　*Admission fee required to visit Nihon Minkaen
• Place: Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop

Hands-on indigo dyeing workshop (with additional charge) is available during the opening hours. For further information, please refer to the page of Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop.

Not too long ago, when mountains and rivers were the most familiar nature surroundings, rivers and irrigation water were directly involved in daily lives. This exhibition displays the folk tools (materials from the Minkaen collection and folklore materials from Kawasaki City) once used in the "living with the river" and introduce the traditional way of life mainly around Kawasaki City. Furthermore, the exhibition will introduce water utilization and water transportation facilities, disaster countermeasures, and traces of faith centered on the Tama River, using photographs, illustrations, and related folk tools, to reconsider coexistence with the environment.

• Period: January 4 (Saturday) ~ May 25 (Sunday), 2025
• Hours: 9:30 ~ 16:30 * 9:30 ~ 17:00 from March
• Fee: Admission Fee only
• Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building

*There are gallery talks presented by a curator, including special versions for children.

• Date:
  for all ages: January 19 (Sunday), March 8 (Saturday), April 29 (Tuesday, national holiday) 14:00 ~ (about 30 minutes)
  for children: February 24 (Monday, national holiday), May 3 (Saturday, national holiday) 10:30 ~ (about 20 minutes)
• Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building

* There is a lecture related to this exhibition on March 23. Click this link written in Japanese for details.